*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: EDITORIAL: Growth hides debt, poverty, wage issues

*Source:* Rutgers Targum

*Date:* Dec 11, 2018 Summary: Nearly 80 percent https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/24/most-americans-live-paycheck-to-paycheck.html of Americans say they live from paycheck to paycheck. Median household income, adjusted for inflation, has barely budged http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-financial-crisis-middle-class-20180909-htmlstory.html over the last decade while the incomes of the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans have increased by 10 percent. America does not have job problem right now. It has a good job problem that exacerbates debt, inequality and socioeconomic immobility. Link: http://bit.ly/2Px9G2W ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary@work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library